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...Ronald Reagan democrat, I was all for McCain in 2000 until the unfortunate effects of the Republican Party's upper echelon sank his efforts. But the traits that made me admire McCain's Straight Talk Express in 2000 are no longer apparent today. He lost my respect when he made a Faustian bargain to get the vote of his party's base, abandoning his critiques of the Iraq war and Jerry Falwell. I doubt independents will support him. The "straight talk" candidate is just a shell of who he was in 2000. Mary Elm, CHICAGO...
...Will you continue to hold McCain's feet to the fire as this goes forward? Well, probably. But it's not personal. I firmly believe that conservatism - genuinely articulated, passionately articulated - wins in national elections most every time it's tried. I tell people, "Go back to the '80s." Ronald Reagan did not have talk radio or an alternative media supporting him. What was he down - in the House of Representatives - the Democrat margin then was what, 130 seats or something? And [the Republicans] were led by a guy named Bob Michel, whose objective every day was to make sure...
...Ronald Reagan Democrat, I was all for McCain in the 2000 campaign even as the Republican Party's upper echelon sank his efforts. But the traits that made me admire McCain's Straight Talk Express in 2000 are no longer apparent today. McCain lost my respect when he made a Faustian bargain to get the vote of his party's base. Having abandoned his critiques of the Iraq war and Jerry Falwell, the straight-talk candidate is just a shell of who he was eight years...
...hear what Obama has to say - win, lose or tie - has become the most anticipated event of any given primary night. The man's use of pronouns (never I), of inspirational language and of poetic meter - "WE are the CHANGE that we SEEK" - is unprecedented in recent memory. Yes, Ronald Reagan could give great set-piece speeches on grand occasions, and so could John F. Kennedy, but Obama's ability to toss one off, different each week, is simply breathtaking. His New Hampshire concession speech, with the refrain "Yes, We Can," was turned into a brilliant music video featuring...
...Elsewhere in Washington, other conservatives were sounding similar friendly themes about an imperfect conservative overseeing the party of Ronald Reagan. Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, a longtime foe of McCain, predicted that the current nervousness about McCain would dissipate over the coming months, assuming that the candidate continued to sound solidly conservative themes on the trail. "There will be a low-boil, low-level rumbling that will diminish," Norquist said. "McCain didn't have a voice in this campaign until after New Hampshire. So he is new to a lot of people...